Boilrplate

In plain words

Boilrplate is a curated collection of boilerplates designed to help developers jumpstart their projects. It provides pre-configured templates for web applications and other development needs, covering various tech stacks and frameworks. The resource is open source and serves as a developer tool for reducing setup time and standardizing project initialization across different project types.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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  React Boilerplate 3.02016 · github.com · ▲370

  Offline-first, highly scalable foundation for your next app

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  Mega Boilerplate2016 · megaboilerplate.com · ▲298

  Handcrafted starter projects

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  Extension Boilerplate2017 · ▲325

  Build cross browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox & Opera

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  Static Site Boilerplate2018 · staticsiteboilerplate.com · ▲214

  A better workflow for building modern static websites.

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  BoilerplateHQ2024 · ▲126

  Accelerate the time-to-market of your ideas

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  SaaS application boilerplate2019 · github.com · ▲107

  Free SaaS boilerplate (Python/PostgreSQL/ReactJS/Webpack) - saasforge/open-source-saas-boilerpate

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  /dev/null▲489

  a social network for devs

  Dev tools · 3d ago · dev-null.sh

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  Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design▲423

  open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 28d ago · github.com

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  Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things▲411

  Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 26d ago · github.com

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  OpenBot▲362

  Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

  Dev tools · 23d ago · openbot.run

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  Talanoa▲346

  Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

  Dev tools · 21d ago · talanoa.email

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  CoreSpeed▲332

  One MCP for everything your agents need: apps, memory, tools

  Dev tools · 28d ago · corespeed.io

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  AutoDraw▲1,385

  Autocorrect for drawing, by Google

  AI · 2017 · autodraw.com

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  Stripe Atlas▲1,320

  The best way to start an internet business

  Commerce · 2017 · atlas.stripe.com

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  Sorting Two Metric Tons of Lego▲1,264

  Life & fun · 2017 · jacquesmattheij.com

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  The Boring Company▲1,057

  Elon Musk's new company, creating tunnels for traffic

  Growth · 2017 · boringcompany.com

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  Ask Product Hunt▲842

  A community-powered product search engine

  Life & fun · 2017

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  Lyrebird▲840

  Copy the voice of anyone, using a voice imitation algorithm

  AI · 2017 · descript.com